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213_Saq_S

Container owner

name Nikaure
title tAjtj zAb TAtj
sex male

Container properties

number
material limestone
present location in situ
state of preservation
period OK
dynasty 4 (end Menkaure or later)
type rectangular
updated typology
shape
lid
length 2.45m
width 1.2m
height
inscription ?
decoration undecorated
?
inner decoration ?
description
notes Nikaure was the son of Khaefra

Container findspot

locality Giza
site Central Field
location to the SE of the pyramid of Khafre
tomb type rock-cut tomb
code of tomb LG 87
material of tomb limestone
dating 4
tomb owner Nikaure
social position vizier
title tAjtj TAtj (n) zAb
– he of the curtain, chief justice and vizier (Jones 2000: 1000, no. 3706)
shaft
burial apartment burial chamber
body inside
archaeological context primary
remarks on archaeological context

Bibliography
Porter, Bertha – Moss, Rosalind L. B.
1981. Topographical bibliography of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic texts, reliefs and paintings III2: Memphis. Part 2: Ṣaqqâra to Dahshûr, 2nd, revised and augmented ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press; Griffith Institut, pp. 232-233.